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ProHockeyTalk on NBCSports.comTue, 26 Sep 2017 21:59:30 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: badintenthttp://nhl.nbcsports.com/2012/12/05/after-meeting-daly-and-fehr-hold-joint-nhl-nhlpa-presser-it-might-be-the-best-day-weve-had/comment-page-1/#comment-116012
Wed, 05 Dec 2012 21:50:43 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=883098#comment-116012We have AHL and CHL to watch on TV Sportsnet. with players that play not for $$millions but the Love of the game ! WE don’t need to watch guys that “need” another $20 million for cars, clothes, hoes and stereos.I’ll even take curling over the NHL $$ whores both owners and players.
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Wed, 05 Dec 2012 21:25:15 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=883098#comment-116005Guys, don’t get your hopes up about hockey starting soon. I don’t mean to be negative, just a realist. we’ve been slapped, drugged, and run over by the league, then spit on by Bettman. don’t ever forget this, fans. I also have helped other fans get through this time of shame, so ill share a lil secret of the best place to watch hockey (College, CHL, ECHL, etc.) its all on America One Sports online. Best thing ever during a NHL lockout!!!
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Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:47:14 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=883098#comment-115952kyzslew77, there is no way Bettman is a better commissioner than Goodell. I hate Goodell, and I think he’s been screwing up the NFL with all his initiatives to unfairly protect offensive players, restrictions on player conduct, and the whole “Bountygate” fiasco, but what separates him from Bettman is that it’s obvious Goodell truly cares about the sport of football. I don’t get that feeling from Gary Bettman about hockey. When the NFL locked the players out last year, Goodell did not hold the entire sport hostage so his constituents could gain a few extra million; no, he worked with the Union to reach a fair and equitable deal to ensure the continued success of the league he represents. When it comes to the last three CBA negotiations, it could be argued that Bettman has done the opposite of what’s best for the health of the NHL. Bettman and his cronies have totally ignored the record revenues and unprecedented fan support the NHL has enjoyed over the past few seasons, as they continue on their quest to raid the NHLPA of all their fundamental negotiating rights and contractual obligations. Bettman (and a few select owners) are attempting to pull the union over a cliff and raid the players pockets before they hit the ground.
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Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:13:29 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=883098#comment-115944Progress 🙂
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Wed, 05 Dec 2012 16:42:20 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=883098#comment-115912Goodell is the worst commissioner any of the four big sports have had in the last 50 years. Yes, worse than Bettman, I said it. He serves as an example for absolutely nothing.
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Wed, 05 Dec 2012 16:40:36 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=883098#comment-115911Blomfeld rules.
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Wed, 05 Dec 2012 15:16:54 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=883098#comment-115889Goodell actually lowered his own salary to $1 during the NFL lockout.. is anyone actually surprised that Bettman didn’t follow suit, here?
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Wed, 05 Dec 2012 15:04:24 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=883098#comment-115885That was my initial reaction too…
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Wed, 05 Dec 2012 14:38:25 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=883098#comment-115878Too little too late. Cancel the season and come back in October.
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Wed, 05 Dec 2012 14:37:40 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=883098#comment-115877Fehr was never supposed to work for the betterment of the game, he was a mercenary hired by the players for this showdown and this showdown only, so they wouldn’t have the same results as last time. He’ll step down as head of the PA in the 6-12 month range after the new CBA is agreed to, not because of anything he did but because that was always going to be the way it worked.
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Wed, 05 Dec 2012 14:19:28 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=883098#comment-115873Welcome back Blomfeld
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Wed, 05 Dec 2012 14:15:50 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=883098#comment-115872Why,what happened. Much ado about nothing. More bla bla bla.
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Wed, 05 Dec 2012 14:08:27 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=883098#comment-115869nothing has happened yet.i have no faith in the league getting a deal done.not saying i don’t want them too,but i’ve just become numb to the whole situation.
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Wed, 05 Dec 2012 13:49:37 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=883098#comment-115866Shawn Horcoff, seriously!!! He is the one guy that needs at least a 20% rollback! What a hack!
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Wed, 05 Dec 2012 13:45:56 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=883098#comment-115865It is a good thing Craig Adams was there- in case Crosby starts a fight with someone, he can jump in and pull their hair.
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Wed, 05 Dec 2012 13:36:01 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=883098#comment-115864tfaltin, what you wrote makes a lot of sense. Your missing information about how owners come to these conclusions. Where do they get the data required to make their business decision, and devise a plan that will benefit them? Historical data for sure, and the law firm of Proskauer Rose LLP. Former employer of David Stern and Gary Bettman. They do all the research.

“Our approach is not simply to “represent” our clients but to get into their heads; to understand their business and to know their industries as well as they do.”

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Wed, 05 Dec 2012 13:15:28 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=883098#comment-115861It was always going to be this way. The owners had a date in mind that worked for them. This time of year the air is getting colder, college football has wrapped up except for the Bowls, freeing up interest and viewers in southern markets. Many NFL teams are out of the running, and fans are looking for their next outlet. The owners have their best money-making months ahead of them still, and have missed a few player pay cycles. The more I think about it the more this reality makes sense, it was Bettman’s/the owner’s plan the whole and Fehr couldn’t do anything to fight it but try to make them look bad in the press. I’d like to see the season extended a few weeks, and 60 games played.
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Wed, 05 Dec 2012 13:10:58 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=883098#comment-115860That was followed by Daly and Fehr standing side-by-side to address the media.

Is this a sign of things to come.Personally, I have been very and perhaps too optimistic. I’ve had that every they they talked was an opportunity to make a deal as I thought the players were ready to limit their loses. Are they ready now? One thing for sure they are trying to push the schedule out as much as possible to get in as many pay cheques as possible.

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Wed, 05 Dec 2012 13:02:42 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=883098#comment-115859“We had a long day,” Fehr said. “We thought it was a constructive day. We had a good dialogue. In some ways I’d say it might be the best day we’ve had, which isn’t too overly optimistic of a picture. There is still a lot of work to do and a lot to be done.”

What exactly got accomplished? What are the exact action words in that statement that would lead anyone to believe the lockout is over or close to being over?

Honestly, it sounds like a PR statement respectfully thanking the people who normally don’t sit at the negotiations for their participation. Now it is back to the adults (Bettman, Daly, Fehrs) to get back to table for REAL negotiations.